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G. L. -CHERRY ET AL TRAY SUPPORTING TABLE 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 9, 194 3 BYMQM KM March 1945- G. L. CHERRY ETAL TRAY SUPPORTING TABLE 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed March 9, 1943 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 mwzwmw 6. 1. CHE/PR) 6f 6? I/EALE A7 7'0/1Wf V G L CHERRY ETAL TRAY SUPPORTING TABLE Flled March 9, 1943 VIII March 20, 1945.

Patented Mar. 20, 1945 I C. Veale, West Chicago, 111.,

assignors to Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New Yorl N. Y., a corporation of New York Application March'9, 194s, seriainmnstss 7 Claims.

' This invention relates to tray supporting tables and more particularly to a table forsupporting a tray for shiftin movement across the face of a processing apparatus to receive processed articles in grooves formed in the tray.

s It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, efficient and readily adjustable tray supporting table. I In accordance with one embodiment of the inyention as applied to ashiftable table for supporting a tray in position toreceiveceramic rods extruded from an extrusion apparatus, there, is

provided a treadle operated drive mechanism for moving the table. across the face of the extrusion press; Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 66 of Fig; 4 in the direction of the'arrows; and i v Fig. '7 is an enlarged fragmentaryplan view of a portion of the tray supporting table showing some details of the mechanism-for moving the table on an enlarged seale I I I Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate the same parts throughout the several views, particular reference being had at this time toFig. 2, wherein the end of an extrusion press 1| 0 is shown provided with a latch plate ll, whereby the table may be locked in position with respect to: the press and wherein the apparatus is shown mounted on a base plate 12. The base plate I I2 has mounted on it a tubular support 13, which is braced in position by bracing members I l- I4 attached to the'base f plate I2. The tubular support membejr 13, ex-

tends upwardly, within a cylindrical member 15,

of the invention, the height of the table may be adjusted by manipulating a chain driven sup porting screw on which the table is carried and also the entire table supporting structure may be rotated to permit easy access to the extruding endof the extruding mechanism; and maybe latched in place with respect to the extruding mechanism during the operationthereoh A better understanding) of the invention may be had by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a planlview of a table constituting a preferred embodiment of the invention, associated portions of the extruded press being shown in dot and dash lines; o I I .Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1, showing the relative location of the table extrusion press Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of a portion of the ratchet mechanism which may be used to move thetable across the face of the press; I I

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 4 -4 of Fig, 1 in the direction of the arrows showing details. of the operatingmechanism whereby the tray, supporting table may be actuated and whereby the table and its supporting structure may be ele- Vated, parts being broken away to conserve space, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail View, partly, in section, of a portion of the drivin mechanism which are fixed a sprocket 2| anda retaining 25 of the cylindrical member l5. In this manner,

which is slidable and rotatable with respect to the support member IS, the cylindrical member I5 being provided with inwardly extending bear inc portions l6 and I! (Fig. 4) adjacent the top and bottom thereof, which bearing members engage the outer surface of the tubular support member 13. At its upper end, the tubular support member I3 has fixed in Ha threadedblock 18 adapted to. receive -a support screw IS. The support screw H! has a reduced portion 20 on collar 22. In addition to these two members, which are fixed to the reduced portion 20 of the support screw IS, the portion 20 passes through athrust bearing 23 anda spider disc 24. The spider disc 24 is fixed to a flange or top plate the relative vertical position of the cylindrical member 15 and the tubular support member I3 may be adjusted by imparting rotation to the screw l9 through rotation of its sprocket 2i.

The flange or top plate 25 of the cylindrical member I5 has suitablyfixed to it a main table supporting plate 30,, to which there is attached an L-shapedbracket 31 (Figs. 4 and '7). The L- shapedbracket 3| has abeari-ng member 32 fixed to it ,(Fig. 2) in whicha stud shaft .33 is freely rotatable, Attached to the stud shaft 33 at its lower end is a crank 34 and the studshaft is held in placein the 'bearing32 by means of a washer 35 and pin ,36. Also fixed to the stud 1 shaft 33 is a sprocket 31 for engagingand driving a chain 38, which extends around the sprocket 2| on the supporting screw I9. By means of the just described mechanism, rotation may be imparted to the screw I9 for the purpose of raising or lowering the cylindrical member I and all of the apparatus carried thereby.

, Suitably fixed to the main table supporting plate along the longest edges thereof are a pair of angle members 4I and 42 (Fig, 6). These angle members extend beyond the ends of the plate 30 and at their ends have attached to them an angle iron frame 43, which is rectangular in shape and is braced by angle members 44 and 45 which extend from the angle members 4! and 42 to the outer portions of the angle iron frame 43, thus forming a rigid structure on which a table structure, designated generally by the numeral 45, may be carried. .The frame '43 has mounted on it track members 41 and 48 (Figs. 1, 6 and 7), on which flanged wheels49 and 50 may ride. tatable about the stud shafts 5| and 52, respectively, fixed to bars 53 and 54 suitably secured to the underside of a main table plate 55 forming a part of the table structure 46. The table structure 48, in addition to the main table plate 55, comprises an angle iron framework 56, rectangular in shape, and carrying on its upper surfaces retaining members 5'! and 58 and co operating latches 59 and I50 (Fig. 1), the latches 9 being dable in brackets GI and 62 for looking a tray 53 in p sition on the table 20.

In addition to the bars 53 and 54 attached to the underside of the main table plate 55, there is an angle iron member 64 attached thereto for supporting a ratchet plate 65 (Fig. 6). The

The Wheels 49 and 50 are freely roratchet plate 65 cooperates with two other ratchet vplates 6'6 and 91 in conjunction with pawls 08,99 and III to control the movements of the table structure 45 across the end of the extrusion press I0. The pawls 69 and 10 are mounted 70 into engagement with the ratchet plates 65 and 81.. A link 86 is also attached to the lower end of the lever 8I, .(Fig.'4) for interconnecting the lever with a manually operable lever 81, which is pivoted on the angle iron frame 43 at 88 (Figs. 4 and 7 Suitably secured to the angle iron frame 43 (Figs. 1 and 2) is a latch supporting bracket I2, in which there is slidable a latch bar I3 for engagement in a slot 14 formed inthe latch plate II. This mechanism serves to latch the frame 43 in alignment with the extrusion press. I0 while the table structure 46 may be moved across the face of the press and the frame 43 may be raised or lowered to properlyalign the tray 63 with the press.

The pawl 68, which cooperates with the ratchet plate 85, is pivotally mounted (Fig. 5) on a pin 89, which is, in turn, mounted on the left end (Fig. v5) of a plunger 90. The pawl 68 is normally urged. to rotate in a clockwise direction with respect to the plunger 90 by a compression spring 9 I, which is interposed between a portion ofa plunger and a portion of the pawl, as shown mostclearly in Fig. 5, and in this manner, the pawl is urged up into engagement with the ratchetplate 65. The plunger 90 is mounted for reupon an oscillatable shaft having a lever 8| ciprocation in a tubular member 92, suitably attached to the upper surface of the angle iron frame 43. The tubular member 92 is provided with slots 93 and 94 for receiving an actuator pin 95, which extends through the plunger and is pivotally connected, by means of a pin 96, to a lever 97. The lever 91 is, in turn, pinned to a shaft 98, which, together with a lever 99, constitutes a bell crank normally urged to rock counter-clockwise by a contractile spring I00 to carry the lever 99 into engagement with an adjustable abutment screw IOI. The screw I M (Fig. 4) and the shaft 98 are mounted on a support bracket I02, suitably fixed to the cylindrical member I5. The lever 99 may be actuated by a link I03 attached to atreadle lever I04 which is, in turn, pivotally mounted on a pin or rod I05. The rod or pin I05 is mounted in a bracket I08 suitably mounted on a cylindrical member I5 and the cylindrical member I5 also supports an adjustable abutment. screw I0'I, which will limit the movement of the treadle lever I04. The treadle lever I04 has a treadle bar I08 which extends through a lever I09, similar to the lever I04 and cooperates with the'lever I04 to form a rigid treadle structure. The treadle lever I04 is provided with a series of three apertures IIO, III and II 2, into one of which a pin I I3 mounted on the end of the link I03 may be inserted. The apertures IIO, I I I and H2 are spaced apart a predetermined distance so that when the pin H3 is inserted in the aperture IIO, the effectivelever arm of the treadle lever I04, in actuating the link I03, will be a predetermined amount and the connecting of the pin H3 in the aperture I II will increasethe amount of motion imparted to the link I03. Correspondingly, the positioning of the, pin H3 in the aperture I I2 will'eifect acorresponding increase in the amount of movement of the link 03. Since the link I03 is positively connected through the bell crank comprising th levers 91 and 99 and shaft to thepawl 68, the amount of movement imparted to the link I03 will govern the amount of movement imparted to the pawl through the action-of the plunger 90 and will, therefore, determine the amount of movement imparted to the table structure 46.

The interaction of the pawls 68 and 59 and I0 with their respective ratchet plates will cause the table structure 46 to be moved from left to right (Fig. 4). and when it is desired to restore the table to its original position, the manually operable lever 81 may be moved counter-clockwise and the table structure will be drawn to the left (Fig. 4) by a weight H5, which is interconnected with the angle iron framework 56 by means of a flexible cable IIB, attached to the left end of the framework 56 and to the weight II5, passing over suitably supported guide pulleys I I1, H8 and I I9 and being directed around the left end of the framework 48. The weight H5 is mounted in a dash pot I20 having an outlet port I2I, through which a restricted amount of air may pass as controlled by a valve screw I22. In this'manner, the effect of theweight II5 will be clamped to prevent the table from slamming back with sufficient force to damage it when the pawls are released therefrom.

It should be noted that it is unnecessary to manipulate the pawl 68 in order to effect its release. Since the pawl will normally tend to move with the rack 65, it will, when the pawl 10 is released, be carried a slight distance to the left (Figs.-4 and 5),-where an adjustable abutment screw I23, threaded into the pawl, will engage the bearing 'U and push the pawlcounterclockwise about the 88 against the action of 'the'spring 91,

thereby to release the pawl from engagement be .had byreferenoe to the following brief d scription of the mode of operation thereof.

After suitable dies have been mounted in the of which the pawl 68 is pivoted. When the pawl 68 ismoved to the right (Fig.5), it'will, due to its engagement with the rack bar 65, step the table structure 46 to the'right, wherethe table structure will be latched in position by the pawls B9 andfill engaging theirwrack barsvfifi andj'fi'l. After atray *63 has been loaded, it may beremoved from the table structure 45 and the table structure restored to normal position-was describedhereinbefore, whereupon the. operation mayberepeated. I I y What is claimed is: 1 S. if.

i. A tray supporting table comprisinga tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray ,thereto, a framework for movably supporting extrusion press I to extrude rods of the desired.

size; the entire apparatus, constituting the present invention, having been rotated from the position shown to permit easy access to the end of the extrusion press ID, the apparatus may be rotated about the tubular supporting member I3 to return it to the position shown and may, thereupon, be locked in place by sliding the latch bar I3 into the slot 14 in the latch II. If the tray 63 is of the proper size to receive the rod to be extruded by the extrusion press I I, the apparatus will, in all probability, have been set to operate in such a manner that the tray thereon will be fed across the face of the extrusion press in proper increments. However, if the type of rod to be extruded has been changed, a tray, having its grooves suitably spaced, may be latched in place on the table structure 46 by means of the latches 59 and 60 and the link I03 may then be shifted so that the pin II3 will be in the proper aperture H0, III or II2, so that the increments, by which the tray is stepped across the face of the extrusion press ID, will be of the proper size. After making the proper connection between the treadle leverIMand link I03, the lever 81 may be manipulated to release the table structure 46.

and permit it to return to its starting position. When the lever 81 is operated; the link 86 will be, movedto the right (Figs. 3 and 4) thereby to rock the lever 8| counter-clockwise and move the pawls Bland-10 out of engagement with their associated ratchet bars 66 and 61,

In addition to thus releasing the pawls 69 and ID from their ratchet bars, the lever 8|, in rock.-

said tray frame, pawlmeans on said framework for moving the tray frame across the framework, a tubular pedestal; a cylindrical member surrounding the edestal and rotatable thereabout I for supporting the framework, and a treadle I tubular pedestal, a cylindrical member surrounding counter-clockwise, will engage the abutment screw I23 and also rock the pawl 68 out of engagement with its ratchet bar 65, the pawl 68 moving against the action of the spring 9|. After the pawls are all released from their associated.

ratchet bars, the weight H5 will move the table structure 46 to the left (Fi 4) into position to start receiving articles extruded by extrusion press II). If the rods to be extruded by the extrusion press are of a size different from those previously extruded, the height of the table will need to be adjusted and this maybe done'by manipulating the crank .34, thereby to raise or lower the entire angle iron frame 43.

treadle bar I08 may be actuated each time it is desired to step the tray 63 across the face of the extrusion press and the amount that the tray will move will depend upon the manner in which the link I03 is connected to the treadlelever I04. Each time the treadle lever I94 is rocked clockwise, the bell crank, comprised of the lever 91, shaft 98 and lever 99, will also be rocked clock- The apparatus having thus been conditioned for operation, the

mounted on the cylindrical member for operat ing the pawl means.

2. A tray supporting table comprising a tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray thereto, a framework for movably supporting said tray frame, pawl means on said framework for movingthe tray frame across the framework, a tubular pedestal, a cylindrical member surrounding the pedestal and rotatable thereabout for supporting the framework, a treadle pivotally mounted on the cylindrical means, and linkage interconnecting the treadle and part ofthe pawl.

means for actuating the pawl means.

3. A tray supportingtable comprising a tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray thereto, a framework for movably supporting said tray frame, pawl means on said framework for moving the tray frame across the farmework, a

ing the pedestal and rotatable thereabout for sup orting the framework, a treadle pivotally mounted on the cylindrical means, and a ,conneoting mechanism operatively connected to one of said, pawls and selectively connectible to the treadle for impartingselected amounts of movement to said one pawl.

4. A tray supporting table comprisinga tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray thereto, a framework for movably supporting said tray frame, pawl means on said framework for moving the tray frame across the framework, means for rotatably supporting the framework, means rotatable with the framework for imparting movement to the pawl means, a pedestal for supporting the means for rotatably supporting the framework, and means interconnecting the pedestal and supporting means for adjusting the.

relative vertical position of the pedestal and the supporting means. f 5. Atray supporting table comprisinga tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray o, a amework for movably supporting said I I tray frame, pawl means on said framework for moving the tray frame across the framework,

means forrotatably supportingthe framework,

means rotatable with the framework for imparting movement to the pawl means, a pedestal for supporting the means for rotatably supporting the framework, and means interconnecting the pedestal and supporting means for adjusting the relative vertical position of the pedestal and the supporting means, said last mentioned means in- Wise and will, through the pin 95, impart reciprocation to the tubular member-92, onthe end I cluding a-member threaded into the pedestal and freely rotatable with respect to the means for 'rotatably supporting the framework.

6. A tray supporting table comprising a tray frame, means on said frame for attaching a tray thereto, a framework for movably supporting said tray frame, pawl means on said framework for moving the tray frame across the framework, means for rotatably supporting the framework, means rotatable with the framework for'imparting movement to the pawl means, a pedestal for supporting the means for rotatably supporting the framework, means interconnecting the pedestal and supporting means for adjusting the relative vertical position of the pedestal and the supporting means, said last mentioned means including a member threaded into the pedestal and freelyrotatable with respect to the means for rotatably supportingthe framework, a chain for driving the member threaded into the pedestal,

and a crank mounted on the framework for driving the chain.

7. The combination of a member having a pair of ratchet bars thereon with a drive therefor including a releasable retaining pawl resiliently urged to engage one of said ratchet bars, a pivot for supporting said retaining pawls for rocking the driving pawl, a spring for normally urging said driving pawl to rock about its pivot into engagement with its ratchet bar, and an abutment on the retaining pawl for engaging said driving pawl to rock it against the action of said spring when the retaining pawl is rocked about its pivot to release a driving pawl.

GEORGE L. CHERRY. CHARLES C. VEALE. 

